Ticket-feeding machine



July 14,1925. 1,546,122 M. NYfF-REDEL ET AL TICKET FEEDING MACHI-NE Filed Dec. 17. 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 10 INVENTORS L July 14, 1925. 1,546,122

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I M. M. FREDEL ET AL TICKET FEEDING MACHINE Filed Dec. 17. 1924 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTORS Patented July 14, 1925.

MICHAEL M. FBEDEL, i" BROOKLYN; AND wILniAu BOSANXO, 0'1 NEW Yank, it 2x C T-FE D G i'ILACHi-fiE kpplictitiofifile'd'Deenilier 17,1924: Serial no. 255,618.

To all whom it may concern:

*Be it known that we; Mia-mien M. FREDEL and'lVn-Lmm Bosmito both citizens of'the United States,- and residents;-respectively, of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State' o'f New York; and

Richmond Hill, borough olf Queens, city and State of New Yorlg have invented in Improvement in Ticket-Feeding Machines, of which the following is'ii' specification.

Our present invention relates to a ticket feeding Ina-chine, "end while notlifnited to that particular use'the apparatus made in accordance with our invention is especially designed for feeding a ticket, premium, coupon, or notice printed on a slip otpa'pejr to a receptacle or carton 'befo're the'szime' is nioved or conveyed to a; filling a aratus by which cerealfoyr other similar snbstances are placed in the packet-pie. In packaging cereals and like materials it is cnstoinaryto place the cartons or boXes on an endless conveyor to which, by any suitable mechanism, an intermittent moven'ientis imparted whereby the cartons isiic eessively' are brought to position beneath the filling n p pzni'zitus endthe'n mov'edjongto devicejsfor sealing the package As hereinbefore stete'tl, it is often desirable for many purposes to insert a ticket, coupon, or notice printed on a slip of paper into the carton before theszi'ine is filled so that when the package is open the ticket oicoupon or notice is available for its intended purposes by the consiiiner. Also as hereinb'efore statedft he machine made in accordance with ut present invention is especiallyde signed for feeding a ticket or coupon to each .of the cartons or boxes as thesa eere moved by the conveyor to the" filling apparatus, and. our improved ticket feeding machine so clesigned'thet e ticket or cou on is utennitiall'y fed and delivered so as to" drop into a carton or box as the same brought to rest on its Way to the filling apparatus.

To this end in carrying out the in'ven tion. We preferably employ it trey-onreceptacle adapted to receive and contain a phirality of tickets preferably place'd'on edge, together ,With means for advancing the tick ets, a device for removing one ti oketa't :1 tilne and feeding the seine to' a delivery device by which eechticket is rapidly Y fed from the machine and permitted to .drop into'a} carton onot h'er receptacle. The file} chine also incliidejs tensiondevices by the tickets are maintained position in the my under "predetermined -prssui-'e,lde-' vices fer preventing the ieedingef more than one ticket eta tinieyand alsoinwns for! maint'ziining a portion ofthe tickets t'ion in the titty whilmhe ticket sep lythe tray is "being replenished, *as Will-die hereinafter more particularly described.

in 4;'he-drawing: f 'ig; 1 is side elevation of zt-t'ic'ke't feed? ing machine made in "accordance With --on1'- present invention. I Fig Q-is a planet-the same: 7 Fig; 3 is anenlarged'siec'tion 't'ztken line e s, Fig. 4. Fig. 4=is an end elevation; I

Fig; 5 is an erilztrgec'l sectionmken on line 5-5I,V 4:; I l I I Fig. 6 is al partial elevation illiiS'ttflte ing one of the adjustable -bearingsfor oii e of' the feed rolls, and

Fig; 7 is a perspective view of "a plate which may he employed in maintaining the tickets in position while fillingtlie referring tO tl16" dIfLL\VlngS it will seen that in carrying out. 01,11 invention the n'mchine'or ap aratus comprisingthe same may be mounted on ztjsiiitzible base 16 and a post or standard ll. This means of mounting" the apparatus, however, is only diagrammatic as the 'rnechani'snlicom pri's ing the invention maybe supported in the necessary position for operation in enysnitzible Way. In carrying out the invention we employ atrayor container 12' for receiving and holding it phirality of tickets or' cpupons' or similar .islips of paper upon Whih, notice of ,a predetermined nature is'pr'inteld, end this tray comprises a bottom "13,sid

Walls 14L, 15, and an end ivell 16, the my being made of tiny suit'zible'ma'teiial, prefer; ztbly rectangular; and consequentl closed at one end, open'at the opposite end, 'tnd"els'o open at the top. Adjacent thefclosedlnfil of the tray the base thereof is prov'd'tl with set-sot spacedlugs l7 and 1-8, the mm tion .ofwhich vvil-lhe hereinafter specified 1 Withinthetrziy iveemploy ajfollowei'alg, This preferably comprises sa plate of Inettil or other material this fili oppositely disposed positions at the sidesth'efeof is' ted with trui u '1' ions and :21 pa e through we move in plo'r'igitndintl"slots g2 provided for this purpose iii the side walls 7 14, of the tray. The follower is actuated by weights 23 and 24 which are connected to the trunnions and 21 by means of chains 25 and 26 passing over pulleys 27, 28, 29 and 30 respectively. Corresponding ends of these chains 25 and 26 are connected to the weights 23 and 24 at one end thereof, while the opposite ends of these chains are connected in any suitable manner to the trunnions 20 and 21. The weights 23 and 24'are provided at their opposite or lower ends with Ts 31 and 32. These Ts are suitably secured in the ends of the weights and are employed as hangers to support the weights upon the lugs 17 and 18 when it is desired to move the follower 19 toward the closed end of the tray in order to fill the tray with the tickets or coupons. 7

The machine or apparatus also includes a carriage which is mounted to swing and also to reciprocate, the carriage being provided with devices for removing one ticket at a time from the forward end of the pile of tickets when the carriage is reciprocated and the carriage is maintained revolubly against the forward end of the tickets so as to coact with the follower and the means for moving the same to maintain the tickets under a predetermined pressure while being moved forward in the tray. This carriage comprises side rails 33, 34, connected at their upper ends by a bolt 35 and a sleeve or spacer 36, which parts are maintained. in position relatively to one. another by nuts 37 or otherwise. These side rails are also connected by a tie bolt and spacer The carriage is pivotally mounted at oneend of a lever 39 which is operated by means of a rod 40. At a suitable position midway the ends of the lever 39 the same is pivotally mounted as indicated at 41 in a bracket 42 suitably attached tothe side wall 15 of the tray. The outer end 43 of the lever 39 is pivotally connected to the sleeve 36 so that the carriage may swing thereon and also be reciprocated thereby. The opposite end of the lever 39 is pivotally connected as in dicated at 44 to the upper end of the rod 40. This rod is mounted between guide rolls 45 and 46 carried by the side 15 of the tray and also by similar guide rolls 47 and 48 suitably connected to the standard 11. Adjacent its lower end the rod 40 carries a cam Wheel 49. This cam wheel 49 bears against a surface. of a cam 50 carried by a cam shaft 51 driven as hereinafter specified, and

these parts are maintained in their operative positions by means of a spring 52. At its upper end the spring 52 is connected by 'a bolt 5301' otherwise to the lower, extremity of the rod 40, while at its opposite end this spring 52 is connected to a stud bolt 54 or similar device mounted in the base 10.

-. Fitted in-the carriage there is a friction 'rollerj55. friction roller is mounted on a shaft 56 on which there is also mounted a ratchet 57 engaged by a pawl 58 pivotally mounted as shown at 59. The pawl is normally maintained in contact with the teeth of the ratchet by a spring 60 adjustably mounted in the tie bolt 38 or otherwise.

This friction roller is normally maintained against the outermost ticket or coupon of the tickets or coupons which are placed on edge in the tray and are indicated at 62. The relationship between the friction roller and the pawl and ratchet device is such that when the carriage is moved downwardly the friction roller is prevented from turns ing so that by and through its frictional contact with the outermost ticket this ticket is moved away from the next succeeding ticket and fed to the delivery rollers hereinafter described. When the carriage moves upwardly on its return movement the friction roller is permitted to turn over the surface of the then outermost ticket so that the position of the same in the tray will. not be disturbed.

At the forward end of the tray-and extending across the same We provide a plate 63. This plate 63 is secured to the sides of the tray in any suitable manner and at its forward ends the overlapping sides or flanges of the plate extend forwardly of the tray as indicated at 64 and 65 to act as guides for the side rails of. the carriage which bear against the'inner surfaces of these projections on the plate. As inclicated, the plate is maintained in position by means of bolts 66, but as will be understood this manner of securing theplate in position is only illustrative. Atthe lower ends of the rails of the carriage there are pro jections indicated at 67 and 68. These projections are connected to weights 69 and 70 by means of chains 71 and 72. Lhe chains are connected at corresponding ends to the upper ends of the weights and at their opposite ends to the projections of the carriage. The chains pass over rollers 73 and 74 respectively so thatby means of the weights the carriage is normally maintained in that position revolubly in which the surface of the friction roller 55 is maintained in contact with the surface of the outermost ticket or coupon in the tray. In order to increase the tension exerted by the weights 69 and 70, and therefore to vary the pres sure exerted by the roller against the ticl:-=

ets in the tray When the mechanism is operated, we may provide, as indicated, the tension devices which include the pins. 5 and 76 connected in the lower ends of the weights 69 and 70 and extending therefrom through spaced projections 77 and 78 on a low bracket 79 secured to the standard by means of bolts 80 or otherwise. Beneath the pro jections 77 and 78, the pins 75 and 76 are provided with springs81 and 82 which e2:-

smegma tend between the under sides of the projections and adjusting nuts 83 and 84 mounted on the screw threaded extremities of the pins and 76. By this ccnstruction as will "be understood, in addition to the ten sion exerted by the weights 69 and the tension and c'o'nsequerit pressure br bear against the tickets may be vare" may be necessary under varying con 'ti'ons in the operation of the 'apparatazs. will also be understood that in man instances it is 'not necessary to use these devices for Varying the tension exerted against the "forward end of the tickets.

The machine also includes feed rolls which are indicated at 85 and 86 and are placed "directly in the path of the outermost ticket as tli'e'sam'e is removed from the forward end of the tickets in the tray. The roll85 is mounted on a shaft 87 drivenfrom a pulley88 which maybe turned bya suit- 'able belt or otherwise operated from any source of power. The shaft '86 is mounted in bearings 89 and 90 which are carried by brackets 91 and 92 fixed in any suitable manner to a cross bar 93 which issecured 'tothe base of the tray. The feed roll '86 is secured on shaft 94 and the shaft and this feed roll are driven from the shaft 8'? by means of spur gears"9'5 and '96'or otherwise. As indicated, the spur gear 95 is fired on the shaft 8. and the spur gear 90011 the shai't94. This shaft 94 is ournaledin bearing blocks '97 and 98 which are adjustable to position so as to fix the feed roll 86 in place relatively to the feed roll 85. As indicated in Fig.6, the "bearing block 98, for example, is provided with slots 99 and 100 through whicholamp bolts 101 and 102 pass, while the bearing block, when the bolts 101 and102 are loosened, may be adjusted and fixed in place by means of an adjusting screw 103 mounted to turn in lug 104 carried by the side ofthe tray. The adjusting bolt may be locked in place by means of a nut 105 or otherwise. I

On the side'o'f the tray opposite that on which the rod 40 operates, we prefer to employ a "bar or rod 106. As ind'icatedfthis' bar 106 is mounted in a position parallel to the side of the tray by being passed through apertures provided for this purpose inl'ugs 107. On the b'a'r 106 we employ a sliding bracket 108which may be fixed in any position a'lon'gthe bar by means of a set screw 109 or otherwise. The sliding bracket 108 extends across the top ofthe tray and is provided with a slot 110 adapted to receive a plate 111 as indicated in Fig.7. This slidbracket and plate are advantageously employed in ii'llingthetray with tickets or After the tickets have been "ad- 7 coupons, i I 'van'ced for any p'rede'termme'd "distance the sliding bracket may be atlj us te'd to that posi tion in which the plate 1 11 ihay be pa's'sed place therein.

through the slot 110 and between the rearmost ticket and the adjacent face of the follower 19. Then, as will be understood, the weights 23 and 24 may be supported on the lugs 17 and 18 and the follower readily moved to the rear end of the tray anda new supply of tickets or coupons placed in the tray after which the Weights 23 and 24 may be returned to their normal operative positions being suspended by the chains 25 and 26 and the plate 111 withdrawn from the slot 110. This is done without stopping the carton filling machine. 7

In a central position at the forward end of the tray the plate 63 i'sprovided with a bracket 112. Adjustably mounted in this bracket 112 is arod 113. The rod 113 may be maintained in any desired position in the bracket by means of a set screw 114 or otherwise. The rod 113 carries a bearing 115 through which an awl or needle 110 passes. This bearing 115 is preferably slit or divided and carries a collar 117 by which and 'a binding screw 118 the awl or needle after having been adjusted to the necessary position may be clamped and maintained in This awl or needle is so placed that the point thereof projects a'p- 'precia'bly into the tray so as to penetrate I one, two or more of the forward tickets or coupons adjacent the upper edge thereof as the same areadvanced to thefeed and delivery devices in order, as j will be understood, to prevent mo're 'than one of the tick ets 0r coupons beingde'livered at one time.

In the operation of this apparatus, the

same is suitably associated, for example,

with a machine for filling cartons or containers with cereal or like materials. These containers, one of which is indicated at 119 in Fig. 1 of the drawing, are placed upon. an endless conveyor 120a'nd m'aintain'edin position thereon by brackets 121 or otherwise with the "open end 122 of each carton or container uppermost. The conveyor is moved intermittently to bring each carton beneath the fil'ling device which operates 'autom'aticaily to supply asuflicientquantity 'of the 'c'ere'al'or other material to fill "the carton. The apparatus comprising our inventio'n is so placedthat each time the encll'ess conveyor stops one of the cartons or containers is brought and stopped im1nediately beneath the delivery rolls "85 and 86.

The cam shaft51'is connected many suit able manner with the apparatus for filling the cartonsso that the cam is timed to opcrate the rod 40, the lever 39'and the carriage with its friction roller each time the intermittently mox' i'ng conveyor is stopped. T'Vhen the carriage is iiroved downwardly the friction roller is prevented from turning, and beingin contact with the outermost aiidtears theuppefedge thereof from the "ticket carries "the ease away from the pile I point of the needle 116 and feeds the lower edge of the ticket to the delivery rolls S5 and 86. These delivery rolls are turned at a relatively high speed so that each succeeding ticket or coupon as fed to the rolls is caused to pass rapidly through the same and permitted to drop through the open end 122 of a carton or container 119 before the next movement of the intermittently moved endless conveyor.

As will now be understood the tickets or coupons as placed in the tray will be automatically moved forward by the action of the weights 23 and 24: through the chains 25 and 26 and the follower 19. This exerts a tension sufficient to feed the tickets forward and to cause the outermost tickets to be punctured by the awl or needle. On the other hand the tension exerted against the tickets in the opposite direction by means of the weights 69 and 70 through the chains 71 and 72 acting through the carriage and the friction roll is adjusted to be just sufficient to maintain the forward ticket in the proper position when moved by the friction roller to be fed to the delivery rolls, and under varying conditions this causes a pressure with which the tickets are maintained in position in the tray, that is adjust-able under varying conditions when necessary by the tension adjusting devices including the pins 75 and 76, the springs 81 and 82 coaoting with the projections 77 and 78 of the brackets 79 and the adjusting nuts 83 and 84. It will also be understood that the adjustment of the feed rolls is necessary in order to insure each ticket passing through the same properly because of the rapidity with which the feed rolls are turned and the likelihood of unevenly feeding the successive tcikets if these feed rolls are not in proper adjustment.

We claim as our invention:

1. In a ticket feeding machine, a tray for containing tickets, a pivotally mounted reciprocating carriage, a device mounted in the said carriage for removing one ticket at a time from the tray, means for advancing the tickets in the tray to maintain the foremost ticket in frictional engagement with the said device, and devices for cooperating with the said carriage and the means for advancing the tickets in the tray for maintaining the tickets under a predetermined substantially uniform pressure while being advanced in the said tray.

,2. In a ticket feeding machine, a tray for containing tickets, a pivotally mounted reciprocating carriage, a. device mounted in the said carriage for removing one ticket at a time from the tray, means for advancing the tickets in the tray to maintain the foremost ticket in frictional engagement with the said device, devices for cooperating with the said carriage and the means for advancing the tickets in the tray for main? taining th tickets under a predetermined substantially uniform pressure while being advanced in the said tray, and means for preventing the removal of more than one ticket at a time from the container.

3. In a ticket feeding machine, a tray with the said carriage and the means for ad vancing the tickets in the tray for maintaining the tickets under a predetermined substantially uniform pressure while being advanced in the said tray, means for preventing th removal of more than one ticket at a time from the container, and devices for rapidly delivering each ticket as the same is removed from the tray.

In a ticket feeding machine, a tray for containing tickets, a pivotally mounted carriage, means for reciprocating the pivotally mounted carriage, a device mounted in the carriage for removing one ticket at a time from the tray, means for advancing the tickets in the tray and maintaining the foremost ticket in frictional contact with the said device, and means coacting with the said carriage and the saiddevice together with the means for advancing the tickets in the tray for maintaining the tickets under a predetermined substantially uniform pressure while being advanced in the tray.

5. In a ticket feeding machine, a tray for containing tickets, a pivotally mounted carriage, means for reciprocating the pivotally mounted carriage, a device mounted in the carriage for removing one ticket at a time from the tray, means for advancing the tickets in the tray and maintaining the foremost ticket in frictional contact with the said device, means coacting with the said carriage and the said device together with the means for advancing the tickets in'the tray for maintaining the tickets under a predetermined substantially uniform pressure while being advanced in the tray, and means for preventing the removal of more than one ticket at a time from the tray.

6. In a ticket feeding machine, a tray for containing tickets, a pivotally mounted carriage, means for reciprocating the pivotally mounted carriage, a device. mounted in the carriage forremoving one ticket at a time from the tray, means for advancing the tickets in the tray and maintaining the foremost ticket in frictional contact with the said device, means coacting with the said carriage and the said device together with the means for advancing the tickets in the tray for maintaining the tickets under a precarriage causing the roller to remove the foremost ticket from the tray, and weight and chain devices co-operating with the saidcarriage for causing the roller when held by the said ratchet and pawl to exert a predetermined pressure against the tickets in the tray, the said pressure being exerted in a direction opposite to that exerted by the said follower in order to maintain the tickets while in the tray under a predetermined pressure. I

13. In a ticket feeding machine, a tray for containing tickets, a pivotally mounted carriage, a roller mounted in the carriage, a ratchet and pawl device for preventing the roller from turning when the carriage is moved in one direction and permitting the roller to turn on the face of the next succeeding ticket when the carriage is moved in the opposite direction, a follower in the said tray, weight and chain devices for moving the follower to advance the tickets in the tray so as to maintain the foremost ticket in frictional contact with the said roller, means for reciprocating the carriage causing the roller to remove the foremost ticket from the tray, weight and chain devices cooperating with the said carriage for causing the roller when held by the said ratchet and pawl to exert a predetermined pressure against the tickets in the tray, the said pressure being exerted in a direction opposite to that exerted by the said follower in order to maintain the tickets while in the tray under a predetermined pressure, and means for preventing the removal of more than one ticket at a time from the tray.

14. In a ticket feeding machine, a tray for containing tickets, a pivotally mounted carriage, a roller mounted in the carriage, a ratchet and pawl device forpreventing the roller from turning when the carriage is moved in one direction and permitting the roller to turn on the face of the next succeeding ticket when the carriage is moved in the opposite'direction, a follower in the said tray, weight and chain devices for removing the follower to advance the tickets in the tray so as to maintain the foremost ticket in frictional contact with the said roller, means for reciprocating the carriage causing the roller when held by said ratchet and pawl to remove the fore most ticket from the tray, weight and chain devices cooperating with the said carriage for causing the roller to exert a predetermined pressure against the tickets in the tray, the said pressure being exerted in a direction opposite to that exerted by the said follower in order to maintain the tickets while in the trayunder a predetermined pressure, means for preventing the removal of more than one ticket at a time from the tray, and delivery rolls for rapidly delivering each succeeding ticket as the same is removed from the tray.

MICHAEL M. FREDEL. WILLIAM BOSANKO.

Signed by us this 11th day of December, 

